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Kayon
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I bought a pre-built desktop computer nearly two years ago during the holidays for $1100 CAD during the boxing day specials, before realizing a year later what a huge mistake I'd made- but that's beside the point.

Intel Core i7 4790

GTX 745 4GB
12GB DDR3 RAM
2TB HDD, Windows 10.

It's never been much of a problem as I only play games like DoTA and Counterstrike. But I was surprised to see that my computer had trouble running Shadow of Mordor even when I lowered the settings. I was told by some guy on CS;GO that my graphics card was bottlenecking my build, thoughts?

I have a bit of money in the bank if a new card is needed, and I'm open to suggestions. 

I also have a GTX 650 TI BOOST (https://rog.asus.com/articles/news/asus-unveils-the-geforce-gtx-650-ti-boost-directcu-ii/) on a vista build that I use for very light gaming when I go to my mom's house. Would swapping them be beneficial?

 

 

 

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I don't see a GPU bottleneck there, I see GTX 745s with i7-4790 CPUs all the time. I would invest in a 1050Ti or 1060 6Gb if you can stretch a bit

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650 ti should be better than a 745

 

How much is your budget?

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12 minutes ago, Kayon said:

Budget is around $200 CAD

https://www.amazon.ca/GeForce-128-bit-DL-DVI-Graphic-ZT-P10510B-10L/dp/B01M27X994/ref=sr_1_6?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1510283075&sr=1-6&keywords=gtx+1050+ti

 

 

GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC. Roughly $190 CAD

 

1050 Ti will be a lot better than the 650 ti boost: 

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-650-Ti-Boost-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1050-Ti/2190vs3649

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